LSU women win again despite adversity

1:00 AM,
Mar. 27, 2014

Louisiana State women's basketball coach Nikki Caldwell (left) hugs forwards Shanece McKinney (right) and Theresa Plaisance as they leave the court in the final seconds of the Lady Tigers' second-round win over West Virginia Tuesday night.

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On Monday, Louisiana State's women's basketball coach Nikki Caldwell was asked how her team has continued to win in the postseason despite injuries, turnovers and other drama.

"We're women," Caldwell deadpanned to her male questioner, then laughed. "We're women. I think the one thing about women is we adapt, and we have to. We have to adapt to you and men and everybody else."

Little did Caldwell know at that time that more drama was coming, and her No. 7-seeded team would have to overcome even more adversity for a 76-67 victory over No. 2 seed West Virginia at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on ...